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Melanosis proctocoli

Preliminary i report of twelve cases

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The American Journal of Digestive Diseases

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Twelve cases of Melanosis Proetocoli have been reported. While the condition is relatively uncommon, it is by no means as infrequent as usually considered. The fact that it only can be visualized by sigmoidoscopy, again emphasizes the importance of a complete examination of the rectum and sigmoid in all cases coming under observation.

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  1. PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA

    Harry E. Bacon

  2. CAMDEN. NEW JERSEY

    William A. H. Scheffler

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Read before the “Proctologic Society,” Graduate Hospital, University of Pennsylvania, December, 1937.

From the Departments of Proctology, Temple University Hospital and Graduate Hospital of University of Pennsylvania.

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Bacon, H.E., Scheffler, W.A.H. Melanosis proctocoli. American Journal of Digestive Diseases 5, 681–683 (1938). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02996600

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